#38C4CD#38C4CD

#38C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4CD
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -33.15, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 36.45, 204.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1073 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.115 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3853, 44.7245, 64.6716)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4CD #CD4138

analogous

#38CD8B #38C4CD #3879CD

triadic

#38C4CD #CD38C4 #C4CD38

tetradic

#38C4CD #8B38CD #CD4138 #79CD38

square

#38C4CD #8B38CD #CD4138 #79CD38

split-complementary

#38C4CD #CD3879 #CD8B38

monochromatic

#1C6A6F #2898A0 #38C4CD #69D3D9 #9AE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#38C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4CD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4CD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6dc',
    500: '#38c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4cd;
$custom-light: #85d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.624,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4CD

secondary

#D1938F

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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